blossom45 wrote: mumbles.thank you for the comment,but with the best will in the world,even you must agree that this is just drivel,disguised as "news"

Why is it drivel.

i posted about that child nearly hit by a bus in the us and how the parrents have now lost custody of their 3 children and asked in my topic why the mcanns still have custody and have never been punished for what they did and i got a sorta same reply?

I this this confession is of interest as it shows people do confess to crimes and not just on their deathbed either. Human nature is very complicated and it's easy to think that if someone has done something terrible but knows they're unlikely to be found out, they can just forget about it and get on with their life. The reality though is often very different; people don't forget, it's in their mind every day and many people feel that if they don't pay for their crime one way they'll have to pay for it another. Even those not brave enough to own up are often relieved if/when they're finally caught, according to a senior cold case American detective I read about some time ago.

So, will this happen in the Madeleine case? Will someone admit to something they did or something they know but didn't tell or something where their testimony wasn't 100% accurate? It's always a possibility, more so if several people are in the know about something, even if not about Madeleine's actual fate. This could apply regardless of what happened - abduction or death in the apartment - because people can change and realise that a crime involving a helpless child is something no one should ever help to conceal.

Dimsie wrote:I this this confession is of interest as it shows people do confess to crimes and not just on their deathbed either. Human nature is very complicated and it's easy to think that if someone has done something terrible but knows they're unlikely to be found out, they can just forget about it and get on with their life. The reality though is often very different; people don't forget, it's in their mind every day and many people feel that if they don't pay for their crime one way they'll have to pay for it another. Even those not brave enough to own up are often relieved if/when they're finally caught, according to a senior cold case American detective I read about some time ago.

So, will this happen in the Madeleine case? Will someone admit to something they did or something they know but didn't tell or something where their testimony wasn't 100% accurate? It's always a possibility, more so if several people are in the know about something, even if not about Madeleine's actual fate. This could apply regardless of what happened - abduction or death in the apartment - because people can change and realise that a crime involving a helpless child is something no one should ever help to conceal.

Thank you Dimsie, for stating so eloquently, why I thought this article was of interest.

All we can hope for is that someone will salve their conscience by speaking out.